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Indian police make Iran link

artappraiser — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 03:52:31 +0000

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Indian police make Iran link to New Delhi bomb and Bangkok explosions
Associated Press @ guardian.co.uk, March 17, 2012

Police call for extradition of Iran-linked suspects and cite connections with car bomb that wounded Israeli diplomat's wife

Evidence Shows Tehran Connection in New Delhi, Bangkok Bombings
VOA News, March 16, 2012

....New Delhi Police Chief Brijesh Gupta said Friday India has contacted Interpol about warrants for the three men, thought to be behind last month's bombing of a car belonging to the Israeli embassy. He said investigators have also linked them to a failed bombing in Thailand....

Thai police arrested two Iranians in connection with the Bangkok explosion. A third man, Sedaghatzadeh Masoud, was detained in Malaysia.

On Friday, New Delhi's police chief said investigators had determined that the suspects in the New Delhi attack had been in contact with Masoud ....

Azerbaijan plot joins list

artappraiser — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:03:37 +0000

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Azerbaijan plot joins list blamed on Iran
By Brian Murphy, Associated Press, Feb 23, 2012

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10787333

Iranian terrorist plot throws the spotlight on Israel’s BFF in the Caucasus
By Araminta Wordsworth, National Post, Feb 22, 2012

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/02/22/iranian-terrorist-plot-throws-the-spotlight-on-israels-bff-in-the-caucasus/

Bangkok bombers planned to

artappraiser — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:48:20 +0000

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Bangkok bombers planned to attack Israeli diplomats, say Thai police
By Kate Hodal in Bangkok and agencies, guardian.co.uk, 16 Feb. 2012

Thai police have said three Iranians, arrested after accidentally setting off homemade explosives at their rented home in Bangkok, were plotting to attack Israeli diplomats, bolstering claims by Israel that the group was part of an Iranian-backed network of terror.

But Thailand's deputy prime minister, Chalerm Yubamrung, said the three men were not linked to Hezbollah as the bombs were not designed for large-scale destruction.

"It was not a terrorist act, it was just an act to demonstrate some insignificant symbol," he told reporters.

Police chief General Prewpan Dhamapong told a Thai television station late on Wednesday that the bombers' "target was specific and aimed at Israeli diplomatic staff", hours after a senior official told the Guardian that the men were more likely would-be assassins than terrorists.

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